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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jung find noteworthy about his travels to Africa?

2. How does Jung convey the depth and truth of his experiences in travel?

3. When was Jung recovering from the death of his wife; a time during which he added on a tower to his house?

4. Why was Jung drawn to alchemy?

5. What does Jung ultimately say about the question of an afterlife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jung's feeling about the Christian church?

2. Where does Jung say the idea of the afterlife comes from?

3. What was the significance of the tower on Jung's house?

4. What influence does Jung attribute to the devil?

5. How does the idea of the afterlife affect Jung's epistemology?

6. How do the Hindu or Buddhist ideas of reincarnation affect Jung?

7. What is the Krater and what significance does Jung attribute to it?

8. How did Jung respond to his wife's death?

9. How did Jung confront his father's thinking as he grew older?

10. What was Jung's feeling about his wife's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jung treated and released a woman who had committed murder. Was this the right thing to do? How did this experience affect Jung--personally and as a therapist?

Essay Topic 2

How did paranormal or near-death experiences shape Jung's life? Did he bring these things on himself, to create a change or pivot point for his life, or were these events purely acts of fate that touched his life? How much was Jung a participant in the events he could not explain?

Essay Topic 3

What role did literature and philosophy play in Jung's accomplishments? Were literature and philosophy opposed to direct experience and observation, or did they work together?

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